Yes! So this and ultimate slayer are two I didn’t get to address in the video. I recorded this pre-vancouver and they weren’t as much on my radar. Both would go in the row that targets specific decks, they’re solid choices vs unchained!
Please do not compromise quality for the sake of getting a shorter video, this is exactly what we need more of and especially when it is done by one of the best players in the history of the game, please keep the great working coming it is very appreciated
This might be me but, I actually enjoy longer content. I appreciate you explaining your opinion clearly, and addressing specific details about cards that make them good or bad, which isn’t something that can be done quickly.
1 hour discussion video from Jesse? I didn't know that Christmas was in September. Thank you as always for your insight; these kinds of videos really help us average players gain a different perspective on a lot of cards we might think are weak or broken.
I value this sort of video so much when it's from you. Keep it up man. This and other tier lists with explanations are always welcomed, basically every time we get a new format. It's like unlimited content for you 😉 I'd probably be on top of that.
So refreshing to not have a yugituber yell through the screen about anything and everything. I just wanted a laid back place to get good information to help build my decks for the format. Definitely earned this sub
Important to mention for Skull Meister, its not once per turn, but its also a fiend itself, meaning in unchained you can add it back with rage's grave effect when you escape, and then get it back to use again. I don't know if this adds to its viability but its an extremely funny interaction
this is absolutely the video I was looking for right now, me and my group are going to a regional soon and have been discussing sideboard options all week so this video is extremely helpful. Didnt mind the length at all, really enjoyed how each card got a dedicated discussion and analysis. I feel like these kinds of videos really help me understand the format better and help when deckbuilding for events. One question I have is how important do you think it is to include cards as a time win con. I want to put spooky dogwood in my sideboard but dedicating 3 slots to it seems really difficult (I am playing unchained if that helps!).
Hey Jesse you're THE or at minimum one of THE best players of all time. Please make more videos like these and your opinion on the format, strategies, cards and event results and why. We always need one of the goats to talk about the game more often. Thanks in advance for all your hard work!
Excellent video. I like the detailed explanations. Whatever it takes to get the information across. If you can make it more condensed without losing the key points -- even better! But if it needs to be long to clearly explain all of your nuanced points, then I'm fine with it too.
Good job on the vid/breakdown. I thought it was very informative for when your deck crafting and understanding the utility with the card we have access too. Takes the guesswork out as well :)
Awesome vid. I could be off, but if you were to consider giving a brief read or summary of the effect of these cards that would be perfect. As a returning collector and player, I had to pause and lookup a few of them which broke up the experience. You clearly have the expertise and explain the use well, but the base card descriptor would open this content up to even more returnees/new players. 👍🏼
This was great list agreed with almost every single take, the only take I was very in disagreement with was actually pankratops, I’ve been running it in my side for a hot while and it’s honestly just better than fenrir vs boards rn, fenrir will eat a disruption and end up not clearing what you desired most likely, pankratops on the other hand will rather than eat a disruption decide what to disrupt, snd the fact it can pop anything while tributing itself is crazy, not to mention with such high attack it’s posible to clear over threats first and then pop, I do believe it is ridiculously underrated, but yes it’s only meant for going second, fenrir is by far the better overall card but pankratops alone nets way too much value going second for how simple it is.
As someone who's just getting back in over the last year, I appreciate your insight into the game. Especially since I stopped right before Synchros came out
Some interesting cards to look into as well are cards like ice dragon’s prison, ultimate slayer and gravekeeper’s insciption. Thrust setting a IDP in the mirror for example feels killer. You mentioned in the deck profile how you felt dbarrier was a comfort pick and not necessary and i cant help but consider IDP. Helps against mono typed decks like rescue ace and dragonlink, the latter being a rising star against unchained. Settable from thrust when the opponent uses nib and bystials in the main phase which 100% of the time is getting used before you make ceasar.
@@josepharmstrong6852 also heres another tip: you can use ice dragon’s prison to steal a monster from the opponent’s grave and choose not to banish. So for example stealing a fiend monster from the opponent to link climb into yama
I think Warning Point deserves more attention, it can negate the effect of a special sommoned monster, it cannot attack and your opponent can't use it as material to summon their extra deck monster. This card really helped me to interrupt combos and even if your opponent never intended to use it as material, it still has value because the monster still cannot attack. Weaker against Labrynth for sure but never entirely useless. I also think Red Blossom from Underroot is a good card too. It lets your banish a trap or spell card and one of your opponents spel/trap cards from the GY, you can special summon her and tribute her to either banish one of your or your opponents extra deck monsters from the GY. It also allows you to special summon one of your extra deck monsters from the GY if it's a different card type. Very good in a Kashtira deck i can tell you that but i think it's good in generell because it can banish two cards from your opponents GY and gives you one of your extra deck monsters back. But you need spel/traps in both GY's to use it first effect and for the second one an extra deck monster in either of your GY's which can make her useless for a certain amount of time. But i think she is still a good card.
Thank you jesse Very interesting and very informative video. I say keep these videos coming i like the opinions and why it is a good or bad card. Taking notes from you and other yugi youtbers videos. It eas like a yugioh seminar professor crowler
One note for mistaken arrest, it’s until the end of your next turn, so it could in theory last anywhere from 2-3 turns. Let’s say you go into floo, they went first, and they’re playing on your turn you can activate mistaken arrest in chain to like a robina or something, they don’t search and don’t get the additional summon. Then if you clear their board on their turn they still can’t search. Then on your turn they can’t search that turn either.
Hi Jesse, thanks for the thorough analysis! I’m fairly new to the game and this helped a lot to understand, which cards are good. I’d like to start building a main/extra deck staples binder, so I only need one playset of each card for my decks. Could you show us what a pro players (basic) staple collection looks like and how you decide which cards from new sets you put in such a staple binder? I know, it’s a very beginner question and I‘d understand if you can’t take the time for something like that, but I think this would be a very cool reference guide for new and starting players 😅
awesome vid, maybe it would help if there was a picture of the card/deck you're talking about above your head for clarity, I also understand that this is aimed at players who know all of the cards/decks already.
What about Chaos Hunter? "Freely" special summon & Fluxgate (a niche/side deck option)? Perhaps you'd like a specific card in the graveyard... & after siding, especially when going second is this card 99% alife. If so, which deck relies on banishing cards excessively and is crucial for their playstyle, potentially a Tier 2/3 Rogue deck as a side deck option?
Is Raigeki missing because you just don't think it's worth considering compared to Dark Hole/Storm or simply forgot? Also curious what your thoughts are on Prohibition as it's a Side card that will always have some relevance and certainly seems to fit the definition of staple. Only other thing I can think of to cover is maybe Twin Twister and different options for dealing with backrow. 1:00:23 As for Super Poly in Chimera Branded the primary target is Guardian Chimera; you don't care so much about losing the on-summon effect given it has coverage into any matchup and if they do go wide you're plussing anyway(you invest 2 cards to remove 3 names but without the boom/bust dynamic of Sphere Mode where you lack the option to lose a bit on efficiency in order to clear consistently). If they overextended it's perfect and if not you still break even by eating two monsters and 3300 in play means you're well on your way to OTK Territory. If it's just one monster then I guess that's fair but if we're accounting for that then Lava Golem can't be considered better than Kaiju's. As for Purrely Noir, that is a real concern; I wouldn't play Super Poly as my only removal option but seems like there isn't a perfect card that covers all bases such that would be a litmus test for playability.
Hi Jesse. I’m a fairly new player but I quickly took interest in the metagame of yugioh and your channel is like a gold mine for information. I want to ask you why in your opinion “called by the grave” is limited. I feel like this is one of the less problematic cards that could come off the limited list (just as servant of endymion did and it obviously did nothing to the meta). I’ve played master duel for a whole year before going to paper, and honestly the semi-limited restriction feels more acceptable for this card. I’m curious to know your opinion.
I hav been siding 3 Solemn Judgement and 3 D barrier going first in Traptrix. I always side out evenly matched for Judgement. What would be recommend to swap out for judgment sin my side deck since blowout cards like Evenly, Duster, etc. are strong against Traptrix. I have used Anti Spell Fragrence in the past since it helps against stuff like duster, lightning Storm (but not evenly) so I might just do that If I don’t get a good recommendation.
I liked the throughness Of the vid, the only thing I’d say for future videos of this length is to change the music at some point during the video listening to the same very energetic song for the video drove me insane a little bit LOL
What do you do against the Rikka board that ends on 1 omni negate, 2 monster effect negates (one of which tribute your monster if they have field spell), a compulse and that plant that only allows you to activate one spell/trap?
It’s about to be a year since I picked up this game and Godamn the meta changes are a rollercoaster just when you complete your deck the meta changes 😂😢
Honestly Ultimate slayer is so close to playable right now. Unchained already has XYZ and links to send for Kash, Purrely, and the Mirror (and sending Yama is almost a plus) plus, shuffling back Rage & Caesar is stronger than sending them to the GY.
What do you think about Secret Village of the Spellcasters, if you can run it? Is it a lot better than ASF? Also, do you feel like even trap decks, sopuer worried about blowouts, should not be playing Judgment?
So i know this was made before vancouver but how did you feel about your statement saying dragons are falling off after they were the 2nd highest deck in top cut
I was waiting for Kaiju. I was playing tag and only ran three Gamciel? Is that how you spell it? If I drew one, I can use it and have a normal summon: if I have two, I can special summon and if I have three well dayum, I might have bricked haha. With extenders and backrow removal and skullcrobat-monkeyboard-odd eyes synchron as the normal summon, I thought it would be rated much higher. You can even YEET a card before you play fenrir. I was wondering how you feel about (three gamciel only in a tag format). Where you mentioning a bunch of Kaijus? The Kaiju package? I only play three gamciel my guy Jesse KOTTON! Also I may have to YOINK that book of eclipse and add it to my deck 😂 watched the whole video Jesse and it really wasn't that long. If you want to make a long video and it's one hour, it's really not that long Jesse. I wouldn't worry about it too much. 2 hours is watchable but that's way long 😂
What about Inscription?
Yes! So this and ultimate slayer are two I didn’t get to address in the video. I recorded this pre-vancouver and they weren’t as much on my radar. Both would go in the row that targets specific decks, they’re solid choices vs unchained!
@@jessekottonygo understood. Thank you
Thought you were talking about the card game haha, just finished it.
Please do not compromise quality for the sake of getting a shorter video, this is exactly what we need more of and especially when it is done by one of the best players in the history of the game, please keep the great working coming it is very appreciated
This is what I subscribed for
Facts as a new yugioh player who's getting into competitive yugioh i wanna learn and get better
True!
This might be me but, I actually enjoy longer content. I appreciate you explaining your opinion clearly, and addressing specific details about cards that make them good or bad, which isn’t something that can be done quickly.
1 hour discussion video from Jesse? I didn't know that Christmas was in September. Thank you as always for your insight; these kinds of videos really help us average players gain a different perspective on a lot of cards we might think are weak or broken.
Thanks for posting these videos Jesse! Love the insight from one of the best
I value this sort of video so much when it's from you. Keep it up man. This and other tier lists with explanations are always welcomed, basically every time we get a new format. It's like unlimited content for you 😉 I'd probably be on top of that.
So refreshing to not have a yugituber yell through the screen about anything and everything. I just wanted a laid back place to get good information to help build my decks for the format. Definitely earned this sub
Important to mention for Skull Meister, its not once per turn, but its also a fiend itself, meaning in unchained you can add it back with rage's grave effect when you escape, and then get it back to use again. I don't know if this adds to its viability but its an extremely funny interaction
this is absolutely the video I was looking for right now, me and my group are going to a regional soon and have been discussing sideboard options all week so this video is extremely helpful. Didnt mind the length at all, really enjoyed how each card got a dedicated discussion and analysis. I feel like these kinds of videos really help me understand the format better and help when deckbuilding for events. One question I have is how important do you think it is to include cards as a time win con. I want to put spooky dogwood in my sideboard but dedicating 3 slots to it seems really difficult (I am playing unchained if that helps!).
Love videos like this from you. Getting insight into your thoughts on certain cards and matchups is incredibly valuable
Great vid! It’s amazing to see how much this format has changed.
Hey Jesse you're THE or at minimum one of THE best players of all time. Please make more videos like these and your opinion on the format, strategies, cards and event results and why. We always need one of the goats to talk about the game more often. Thanks in advance for all your hard work!
Excellent video. I like the detailed explanations. Whatever it takes to get the information across. If you can make it more condensed without losing the key points -- even better! But if it needs to be long to clearly explain all of your nuanced points, then I'm fine with it too.
Good job on the vid/breakdown. I thought it was very informative for when your deck crafting and understanding the utility with the card we have access too. Takes the guesswork out as well :)
You got a new subscriber man. This was so well done and informative
Awesome vid. I could be off, but if you were to consider giving a brief read or summary of the effect of these cards that would be perfect. As a returning collector and player, I had to pause and lookup a few of them which broke up the experience. You clearly have the expertise and explain the use well, but the base card descriptor would open this content up to even more returnees/new players. 👍🏼
This video is really really good! Really informative!! Great content to watch during lunch break or on the drive somewhere!
Definitely do these as much as possible these are very helpful
This was great list agreed with almost every single take, the only take I was very in disagreement with was actually pankratops, I’ve been running it in my side for a hot while and it’s honestly just better than fenrir vs boards rn, fenrir will eat a disruption and end up not clearing what you desired most likely, pankratops on the other hand will rather than eat a disruption decide what to disrupt, snd the fact it can pop anything while tributing itself is crazy, not to mention with such high attack it’s posible to clear over threats first and then pop, I do believe it is ridiculously underrated, but yes it’s only meant for going second, fenrir is by far the better overall card but pankratops alone nets way too much value going second for how simple it is.
This was very much appreciated!
As someone who's just getting back in over the last year, I appreciate your insight into the game. Especially since I stopped right before Synchros came out
Some interesting cards to look into as well are cards like ice dragon’s prison, ultimate slayer and gravekeeper’s insciption. Thrust setting a IDP in the mirror for example feels killer. You mentioned in the deck profile how you felt dbarrier was a comfort pick and not necessary and i cant help but consider IDP. Helps against mono typed decks like rescue ace and dragonlink, the latter being a rising star against unchained. Settable from thrust when the opponent uses nib and bystials in the main phase which 100% of the time is getting used before you make ceasar.
Thanks this is a great tip appreciate it
@@josepharmstrong6852 also heres another tip: you can use ice dragon’s prison to steal a monster from the opponent’s grave and choose not to banish. So for example stealing a fiend monster from the opponent to link climb into yama
@@PeTr0o0L You can also choose to banish something other than what you brought to your field.
Thank you so much. This is actually so helpful
I think Warning Point deserves more attention, it can negate the effect of a special sommoned monster, it cannot attack and your opponent can't use it as material to summon their extra deck monster. This card really helped me to interrupt combos and even if your opponent never intended to use it as material, it still has value because the monster still cannot attack. Weaker against Labrynth for sure but never entirely useless.
I also think Red Blossom from Underroot is a good card too. It lets your banish a trap or spell card and one of your opponents spel/trap cards from the GY, you can special summon her and tribute her to either banish one of your or your opponents extra deck monsters from the GY. It also allows you to special summon one of your extra deck monsters from the GY if it's a different card type. Very good in a Kashtira deck i can tell you that but i think it's good in generell because it can banish two cards from your opponents GY and gives you one of your extra deck monsters back. But you need spel/traps in both GY's to use it first effect and for the second one an extra deck monster in either of your GY's which can make her useless for a certain amount of time. But i think she is still a good card.
Problem is that Warning Point is only useful going first and the things you're stopping with Warning Point can be better stopped with other cards
Thank you jesse
Very interesting and very informative video. I say keep these videos coming i like the opinions and why it is a good or bad card. Taking notes from you and other yugi youtbers videos. It eas like a yugioh seminar professor crowler
love your vids you are one of GOATS of Yugioh in my eyes
One note for mistaken arrest, it’s until the end of your next turn, so it could in theory last anywhere from 2-3 turns. Let’s say you go into floo, they went first, and they’re playing on your turn you can activate mistaken arrest in chain to like a robina or something, they don’t search and don’t get the additional summon. Then if you clear their board on their turn they still can’t search. Then on your turn they can’t search that turn either.
Hi Jesse, thanks for the thorough analysis! I’m fairly new to the game and this helped a lot to understand, which cards are good. I’d like to start building a main/extra deck staples binder, so I only need one playset of each card for my decks. Could you show us what a pro players (basic) staple collection looks like and how you decide which cards from new sets you put in such a staple binder?
I know, it’s a very beginner question and I‘d understand if you can’t take the time for something like that, but I think this would be a very cool reference guide for new and starting players 😅
awesome vid, maybe it would help if there was a picture of the card/deck you're talking about above your head for clarity, I also understand that this is aimed at players who know all of the cards/decks already.
Yeah this is the good shit. Videos like this *almost* make me wanna get back into Yu-Gi-Oh. Also congrats on winning with unchained btw!!
This video is NOT too long! This was amazing!
What about Chaos Hunter? "Freely" special summon & Fluxgate (a niche/side deck option)? Perhaps you'd like a specific card in the graveyard... & after siding, especially when going second is this card 99% alife. If so, which deck relies on banishing cards excessively and is crucial for their playstyle, potentially a Tier 2/3 Rogue deck as a side deck option?
Is Raigeki missing because you just don't think it's worth considering compared to Dark Hole/Storm or simply forgot?
Also curious what your thoughts are on Prohibition as it's a Side card that will always have some relevance and certainly seems to fit the definition of staple.
Only other thing I can think of to cover is maybe Twin Twister and different options for dealing with backrow.
1:00:23 As for Super Poly in Chimera Branded the primary target is Guardian Chimera; you don't care so much about losing the on-summon effect given it has coverage into any matchup and if they do go wide you're plussing anyway(you invest 2 cards to remove 3 names but without the boom/bust dynamic of Sphere Mode where you lack the option to lose a bit on efficiency in order to clear consistently). If they overextended it's perfect and if not you still break even by eating two monsters and 3300 in play means you're well on your way to OTK Territory. If it's just one monster then I guess that's fair but if we're accounting for that then Lava Golem can't be considered better than Kaiju's. As for Purrely Noir, that is a real concern; I wouldn't play Super Poly as my only removal option but seems like there isn't a perfect card that covers all bases such that would be a litmus test for playability.
3 Going first slots in my side playing Unchained. Do I go Skill Drain or Deck Lockdown?
Thank you for the sauce my friend🙌
Hi Jesse. I’m a fairly new player but I quickly took interest in the metagame of yugioh and your channel is like a gold mine for information. I want to ask you why in your opinion “called by the grave” is limited. I feel like this is one of the less problematic cards that could come off the limited list (just as servant of endymion did and it obviously did nothing to the meta). I’ve played master duel for a whole year before going to paper, and honestly the semi-limited restriction feels more acceptable for this card. I’m curious to know your opinion.
I hav been siding 3 Solemn Judgement and 3 D barrier going first in Traptrix. I always side out evenly matched for Judgement. What would be recommend to swap out for judgment sin my side deck since blowout cards like Evenly, Duster, etc. are strong against Traptrix. I have used Anti Spell Fragrence in the past since it helps against stuff like duster, lightning Storm (but not evenly) so I might just do that If I don’t get a good recommendation.
The classic Yugioh Spell/Trap Staples are back. Does feel good and Nostalgic 🎉
Any thoughts on Ultimate Slayer?
I think it’s nice, outs the whole unchained board
your background music slaps hard and your content even harder
I liked the throughness
Of the vid, the only thing I’d say for future videos of this length is to change the music at some point during the video listening to the same very energetic song for the video drove me insane a little bit LOL
Thank you Jesse!
Yooo Idc how long these vids are. Rich in great information. Lit
Does your opinion on Droll remain unchanged after Vancouver, considering the apparent uptick in the popularity of dragon link?
Any thoughts on sales ban? spellbound?
Great video bro!! appreciate the content for sure. No need to trim the video.
Great video, thank you
I see a Jesse video, I click. Simple.
Congrats Jesse!
Iris theme from pokemon bw 2 in the background is for legends
Incredible video, great insight, thank you for this effort. Never apologize for talking too much - when the GOAT speaks, we sheep must listen.
What do you do against the Rikka board that ends on 1 omni negate, 2 monster effect negates (one of which tribute your monster if they have field spell), a compulse and that plant that only allows you to activate one spell/trap?
great info keep up the good work
Thoughts on spellbound?
The insight I need
I love your longer form content
thank you
For this, i think you should add a category for strong side. Anti spell would def be in that list along with a lot of other cards.
It’s about to be a year since I picked up this game and Godamn the meta changes are a rollercoaster just when you complete your deck the meta changes 😂😢
Thoughts on Summoning Curse?
such a good video. awesome content. no complain
Thoughts on Small World? great video btw and gratz on your 5th win!
Honestly Ultimate slayer is so close to playable right now. Unchained already has XYZ and links to send for Kash, Purrely, and the Mirror (and sending Yama is almost a plus) plus, shuffling back Rage & Caesar is stronger than sending them to the GY.
I’m not sure if it’s worth mentioning but I was wondering about skull meister?
would you play crossout in rescue ace?
Thank you for the super in dept explainations like always. You always deliver. I feel smarter having watched this lol
What do you think about Secret Village of the Spellcasters, if you can run it? Is it a lot better than ASF?
Also, do you feel like even trap decks, sopuer worried about blowouts, should not be playing Judgment?
IMO, longer videos aren't a problem as long as they aren't full of fluff and unnecessary info. which your vid was very helpful and informative
So i know this was made before vancouver but how did you feel about your statement saying dragons are falling off after they were the 2nd highest deck in top cut
Jesse you’re doing the lords work
This is awesome!
As always thank you for the video, could we get a change of music next time please?
@5:12 looks like it didn't cost you at Vancouver ;)
This is such a good video, to obviously help with staple choices but also just to get the insight of one of the best players in the game! 🙂
Love the long vids
nice content to the YOG community, thanks
so am i playing drytrons or labrynth?
I was waiting for Kaiju. I was playing tag and only ran three Gamciel? Is that how you spell it? If I drew one, I can use it and have a normal summon: if I have two, I can special summon and if I have three well dayum, I might have bricked haha. With extenders and backrow removal and skullcrobat-monkeyboard-odd eyes synchron as the normal summon, I thought it would be rated much higher. You can even YEET a card before you play fenrir. I was wondering how you feel about (three gamciel only in a tag format). Where you mentioning a bunch of Kaijus? The Kaiju package? I only play three gamciel my guy Jesse KOTTON! Also I may have to YOINK that book of eclipse and add it to my deck 😂 watched the whole video Jesse and it really wasn't that long. If you want to make a long video and it's one hour, it's really not that long Jesse. I wouldn't worry about it too much. 2 hours is watchable but that's way long 😂
Jesse. The king of games
Thoughts on ´hey, trunade’
Really good video.
great vid!
Is the EARTH Machine thing cancelled?
Ty Mr Kotton
Can you do the same for master duel?
Perfect video
Is it possible to provide a list of names of these cards. I am a new player and trying to search them online to purchase
What about alpha king of the mystical beasts?
been running exosisters
Great vid
Longer content is great, thank you!
What about the meta killer, Powersink Stone!?
What about spellbound?
How about Dimensional Fissure or Different Dimension Ground?
Probably only for floo or kash
Raigeki really good then?
the link to your tcgplayer store is broken btw
awesome video!
what about barrier?
what about lancea?